Guernica PotPourri

March 17, 2009

“The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” -John Kenneth Galbraith

There’s No One as Irish as Barack Obama according to Hardy Drew and Nancy Boys:

“[T]he amount we spent patching the financial system could well be large enough to make the Social Security system fully solvent over its 75-year planning horizon, yet we barely hear a peep from the Peter Peterson Foundation and its merry band of anti-Social Security crusaders.” says Dean Baker.

This first judicial pick is OK as far as it goes, BUT: “The administration shouldn’t let the fear of minority-party whining discourage it from adding some strong, progressive voices to the bench.” says Steve Benen.